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Right before the 6:30 Super Bowl kickoff last night Jennifer Hudson sang “America the Beautiful” with kids from Sandy Hook Elementary, where 26 lost their lives in the mass shooting last December. Then Alicia Keys sang the National Anthem, and it was the longest version of the Star Spangled Banner ever sang at the Super Bowl. Her version clocked in at 156.4 seconds. That beats the previous length record at the Super Bowl, which was held by Natalie Cole’s 152-second performance in 1994.